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Transcript of interview with Dell Ray Rhodes, 2010
Date
2010-04-01
Archival Collection
Description
Dell Ray came to Las Vegas at three. Speaks about 1960s and 1970s schools and 6th Grade Plan.
Text
Film transparency of Labor Day Parade, Las Vegas, 1930
Date
1930
Archival Collection
Description
A Labor Day Parade in Las Vegas, Nevada. The arch over the street reads: "Welcome to Las Vegas, the gateway to Hoover Dam."
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Photograph of Mary Eaton, circa mid-late 1930s
Date
1935 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Portrait of Boulder City, Nevada teacher and civic leader Mary Eaton. She was the wife of Bruce M. Eaton, who worked on the Hoover Dam project.
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Map of irrigable areas near Boulder Dam, February 20, 1935
Date
1935-02-20
Archival Collection
Description
'Drawn by C.G.C.' 'Carson City, Nevada, Feb. 20, 1935. No. 4.' 'Adapted from Bureau of Reclamation's General map of irrigable areas.'
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Looking upstream at Black Canyon: photographic print
Date
1930 (year approximate) to 1939 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
Black Canyon looking upstream before the diversion tunnels for the dam were drilled.
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Looking downstream at Black Canyon: photographic print
Date
1930 (year approximate) to 1939 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
Black Canyon looking downstream after drilling of the diversion tunnels for the dam.
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Edwards, Luna, Paher, and unidentified people pose in front of Rafael Rivera statue at Old Vegas: photographic prints, image 002
Description
Hoover Dam and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Statue of Rafael Rivera at Old Vegas, Henderson, NV. (1978) L-R: unidentified; unidentified; Larry Luna (mustache); unidentified; unidentified; Stanley Paher (seated, light plaid shirt); and Elbert Edwards.
Essay, by Charles Salton (1921-2004), 2002
Date
2002
Archival Collection
Description
Handwritten essay by Adele Baratz?s brother, Charles Salton, in 2002 describing his family history since coming to Las Vegas in 1928, and the history of the Jewish community in the area.
Text
Photograph album, Henry Wieking Collection, circa late 1920s-early 1930s, page 15
Date
1925 to 1935
1905 to 1935
Description
Captions: View showing a section of sheet piling in the upper cofferdam; Diversion tunnel #4 - a hole 50 ft. in dia. surrounded by 3 ft. of concrete - Hoover Dam, Oakes 229; Reclamation truck.
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Photograph of Black Canyon, Colorado, 1931
Date
1931
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photograph: "Descending from the 'Crow's Nest'--the first lookout point over Black Canyon at the site where the Hoover Dam was going to be built."
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